Improvement in scaffold-brackets



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'f Y Letters iPatent N0. 107,700, `1aed septmber'za 1870 @matted septemb 17, 1870.,

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The Schedulerefexted to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same To 'whom'imag/.0071015701: i `Be itknown that I, CHARLES MUDGE, of Ovid, in

the county of Clintonl and State of Michigan, have invented aknewand useful `Improvement in Scaffold- Brackctrfor Builders; and Ldo declare that thefollow- Aingis`a`."1:rue` and accurate description thereof, refer v ence being had 'to'the accompanying drawing and togtille letters of reference marked thereon, andbeing apar-tof this specification. Figure 1 is a side view ot" my invention.' Figure'2 is a View of" one of 'n iy fastenings. Figure 3 is a view of the foot-clamp. Like letters indicate like fpartsin 'each figure. Y `The object of this invention isdto provide a cheap and readily-adjusted bracket to sustain a platform-or scaffold, and which may be quickly attached to the studs of 'a frame building in `uiyklesired andv proper position.` l I t consists of `the arnrC, and braces D and-E, ar-V ranged as shown inthe drawing. At tlie'on`eside ot' y the arm it is provided with `a c1amp,`F, rigidly attached, and projecting `far enough beyond the end of the arm torengagewitlr the stud `or upright timbers of a frame building, while tlieopposite side ofl the arm is provided with the hinged clamp A.

O`utside these clamps, and surrounding the arm, is f thelsliding band G, by means of which the clamps are held in place, in clasping the stud, and the upper part ofthe bracket is,by means of those clamps and band, firnilylield in posit-ion.

' Bis a clamp, provided with socket-H, to receive ground the platform is needed, and secure thefooti `clamp to the proper position in the stud. 'lhen insertfthe vfoot of the diagonal brace into the socket,

i and engage the clamp A around V'the stud, and move the band so that-it `will hold the clamp in place. The bracket is then readyto receive the Aplankst'o form therlo'or of thc scaffold.

What I claim as my invention, and desire vto secureby Letters Patent, is'- A'scai'old-bracket constructed as described, and

vsupported by the socket B and hinged clamps, all

made and arranged to operate as and for the purpose set forth.

' CHAS. MUDGE. Witnesses L. C. HYDE, H. F. EBERTs. 

